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SCP-7290 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-7290
Expected annual
$10.2M
One-time setup
$6.6M
Annual recurring
$9.4M
Personnel
39
Initial program setup is dominated by facility/test-chamber construction, R&D seed funding, and sensor/vehicle outfitting (~$6.6M one-time). Annual operations are substantial due to salaries, research funding, per-incident response and contingency reserves (~$9.3M/year); worst-case incidents can drive costs into the tens of millions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.6M
Facilities $3.9M
[#14, #18, #19, #25] Secure test chamber and structural buildout, site hardening upgrades across monitored sites, mobile command units/incident infrastructure, and initial R&D seed capital (facility portion).
Equipment $2.6M
[#1, #5, #6, #14] Hidden multispectral sensor arrays (per-site installation aggregated), rapid-response vehicles and deployment kits (one-time equip), secure pharmacy initial procurement/setup, and research capital equipment (instrumentation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#14] Lab buildout startup costs, controlled-test-chamber setup consumables and initial experimental fixtures separate from heavy capital/equipment.
Regional Scale Planning $0
[#27] Planning multiplier note: per-site estimates must be multiplied by number of monitored sites; no single incremental one-time cost assigned here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.4M/yr
Staff Wages $3.4M/yr
[#4, #13] Research team salaries and wages for rapid-response field teams plus core operational staff (researchers, field agents, medical, admin).
Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr
[#3, #13, #25] Data storage/analytics/bandwidth for multispectral feeds, ongoing research program funding and recurring R&D budget for containment development.
Administrative Overhead $1.2M/yr
[#26] Administrative, HR, accounting and archive overhead calculated as ~15% of program operations.
Insurance And Contingency $750K/yr
[#24] Internal contingency and liability reserve for unusually expensive events, legal claims and unexpected investigations.
Replacement Inventory Reserve $500K/yr
[#17] Reserve for replacement/compensation for contaminated/destroyed ammo or industrial inventory and associated downtime costs.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#15, #16] Legal/PR/cover-story personnel and annual liaison retainers with local authorities.
Facilities Maintenance $380K/yr
[#2, #18, #19] Sensor network maintenance and power, recurring security contracts/site hardening upkeep, and comms/IT ops support.
Logistics And Transport $350K/yr
[#20, #5] Helicopter/air-support availability/leasing and general transport/rapid-deployment logistics support.
Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr
[#5, #6, #11, #14] Vehicle fuel/maintenance, recurring amnestic resupply and secure pharmacy consumables, evidence/sample consumables and freezer upkeep, research consumables.
Biohazard Removal $200K/yr
[#10] HazMat contractor removal, refrigerated transport and incineration/sterilization of non-humanoid viscera averaged over incident rate.
Liaison And Per Incident Payments $200K/yr
[#16] Reserve for per-incident payments/compensation or ad-hoc liaison costs beyond annual retainers.
Per Incident Medical Response $100K/yr
[#8] Annual budget for immediate trauma stabilization, follow-up care and variable medical costs based on expected incident frequency.
Mortuary And Forensic $100K/yr
[#9, #12] Mortuary services, autopsies, ballistics and acoustic reconstruction, and forensic analyses averaged across expected incidents.
Per Incident Pr Remediation $100K/yr
[#23] Per-incident costs for staged remediation, false-flag artifacts and rapid cover operations averaged annually.
Training Exercises $50K/yr
[#21, #7] Annual training, memetic safety and amnestic administration refresher courses and realistic drills for field teams.
Psychological Support $50K/yr
[#22] Counseling, witness support, relocation and long-term monitoring/compensation for SCP-7290-A witnesses averaged per year.
Evidence Storage And Analysis $40K/yr
[#11] Annual cryo/freezer storage costs, chain-of-custody maintenance and scheduled sample analyses.
Incident Frequency Contingency Example $0/yr
[#28] Illustrative projection of variable per-incident costs; accounted for via per-incident reserves and contingency items above.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.4M/yr
65.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major singular disaster; average incident frequency and routine operations covered by reserves.
routine monitoring expected incident rate (~moderate) no major contamination events
🚨 Minor Incident $9.6M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$260K vs baseline
Year with elevated minor incidents (extra cleanup, medical and PR needs) beyond baseline reserves.
spike in minor manifestations increased cleanup and medical visits
🚨 Major Incident $13.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$3.7M vs baseline
Significant contamination or destruction at a large ammunition facility requiring large inventory replacement, emergency legal/PR response and targeted R&D.
large facility contamination extensive inventory loss expedited legal/PR operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $32.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$23.0M vs baseline
Multi-site catastrophic contamination and public exposure requiring full emergency operations, large legal settlements and accelerated containment R&D.
multi-site contamination public exposure / lengthy investigations emergency national-level response
👥 Personnel 39 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#13] Principal investigators and senior scientists conducting mechanism research and containment R&D.
Research Technician / Lab Tech 4 [#13, #14] Lab technicians, instrument operators and controlled-test chamber operators.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 15 [#4, #18] Rapid-response field agents forming on-call teams to retrieve SCP-7290-A, secure scenes and perform cleanups.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#26] Program leadership and executive coordination.
Administrative Staff 3 [#26, #15] HR, accounting, records and cover-story administration support.
Medical Officer 2 [#8] Medical response personnel for immediate stabilization and follow-up care.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#19, #18] Maintenance for sensor arrays, vehicles, comms and site hardening systems.
IT / Data Analyst 4 [#3] Analysts for automated trigger review, data storage management and multispectral data processing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Ranges are grounded in analyst-provided estimates and the SCP text, but many variables (number of monitored sites, incident frequency/severity, choices re: active containment/R&D) remain uncertain; therefore medium confidence.
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